10 Ways You Probably Decorated in the 1980s

Preppy style, pastels, chintz — your house probably had one of these interior design trends in the 1980s. Take a trip down memory lane and reminisce with these blasts from the pasts from House Beautiful's archives.

Chintz

Chintz

In the 1980s, chintz worked in just about every room. Featured in our October 1981 issue, a sitting area in Old Westbury Gardens in Long Island, New York, the Baker sofas are covered in Brunschwig & Fils's Westbury Bouquet glaze chintz.

Pastels

Pastels

There's no question that soft pastels were a popular color palette in the 1980s. In a New Orleans, Louisiana, house featured in our April 1983 issue, generous amounts of white, in all textures and materials, intensify the soft colors.